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en-caFri, 22 Feb 2019 09:11:56 ESTIf anything goes at Mardi Gras, does that include blackface?https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2019/02/15/if-anything-goes-at-mardi-gras-does-that-include-blackface.html
f7f7927b-8fd6-40e4-97d3-6e8679c5c7e2Richard Fausset - The New York TimesThu, 21 Feb 2019 16:10:28 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2019/02/15/if-anything-goes-at-mardi-gras-does-that-include-blackface/mardi_gras_blackface.jpg"/><br/>This month, the revelation that Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia and other white public figures once wore blackface has opened a conversation among New Orleanians about Zulu’s very different blackface tradition — about what it means, who should be allowed to participate, and whether it should continue.If anything goes at Mardi Gras, does that include blackface?The Zulu Parade passes through New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day, Feb. 28, 2006. Participants in the Zulu parade, mostly black but some of them white, wear blackface and grass skirts. Now, in 2019, some are questioning whether the tradition should continue. CHANG W. LEENYTThe week that was: A railway minister pulls a fast one and a squatter seeks the high of the tigerhttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2019/02/14/the-week-that-was-a-railway-minister-pulls-a-fast-one-and-a-squatter-seeks-the-high-of-the-tiger.html
fb695f51-6453-4b05-8030-47865c94268bThe Star’s wire servicesThu, 14 Feb 2019 16:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2019/02/14/the-week-that-was-a-railway-minister-pulls-a-fast-one-and-a-squatter-seeks-the-high-of-the-tiger/sped_up_piyush_goyal.jpg"/><br/>Sri Lanka is advertising for a hangman, but the last hiring didn’t go so well.The week that was: A railway minister pulls a fast one and a squatter seeks the high of the tigerIndian Finance, Railways and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal was mocked for sharing a sped-up video.PRAKASH SINGHAFP/GETTY IMAGESThis couple’s unusual romance ‘the opposite of falling’ in lovehttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2019/02/09/this-couples-unusual-romance-the-opposite-of-falling-in-love.html
73e41dc1-f402-4d58-baa8-e919ccd904e2Jordan Himelfarb - Toronto StarSat, 9 Feb 2019 07:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2019/02/09/this-couples-unusual-romance-the-opposite-of-falling-in-love/_1_peter_and_marie_claire1.jpg"/><br/>As two Canadians in their 60s began forging a path to sustainable love, certain words were off limits: ‘love,’ ‘relationship,’ ‘living together.’ This couple’s unusual romance ‘the opposite of falling’ in lovePeter Johnston and Marie-Claire Recurt at a Guelph cafe. They have some philosophical agreements about love. “We have a really strong sense of not wanting to lose ourselves in the other,” he said.Jordan HimelfarbToronto StarBefore, they were beaten. Now Zimbabwe protesters are shothttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2019/01/24/before-they-were-beaten-now-zimbabwe-protesters-are-shot.html
94144631-cef4-4aa8-b565-86d5d862e08eAntony Sguazzin - Bloomberg,Brian Latham,Pauline BaxFri, 25 Jan 2019 13:53:57 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2019/01/24/before-they-were-beaten-now-zimbabwe-protesters-are-shot/emmerson_mnangagwa.jpg"/><br/>Before, they were beaten. Now Zimbabwe protesters are shotSince Emmerson Mnangagwa was installed as Zimbabwe’s president, 18 people have been killed during protests.JEKESAI NJIKIZANAAFP/GETTY IMAGESResearchers shed light on the ocean’s mysterious Twilight Zone where miniature monsters mingle with lantern fishhttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2019/01/01/researchers-shed-light-on-the-oceans-mysterious-twilight-zone-where-miniature-monsters-mingle-with-lantern-fish.html
766843c5-f28c-42f4-8593-06f51d638a77JoAnna Klein - The New York TimesThu, 24 Jan 2019 16:05:59 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2019/01/01/researchers-shed-light-on-the-oceans-mysterious-twilight-zone-where-miniature-monsters-mingle-with-lantern-fish/sea_organisms_2_.jpg"/><br/>Scientists in the Ocean Twilight Zone project are racing to research the lifeforms that populate the ocean’s depths, creatures that are key to the ecosystem and the planet’s climate as they may be involved in carbon capture. This dark world is teeming with life.Researchers shed light on the ocean’s mysterious Twilight Zone where miniature monsters mingle with lantern fish In a photo from Paul Caiger and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the glass squid. Researchers recently hauled up specimens from a layer of the world’s seas that contains an abundance of aquatic life. PAUL CAIGERNew York TimesResearchers shed light on the ocean’s mysterious Twilight Zone where miniature monsters mingle with lantern fishA lantern fishPAUL CAIGERWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution via The New York TimesResearchers shed light on the ocean’s mysterious Twilight Zone where miniature monsters mingle with lantern fishAn example of counter illumination. PAUL CAIGERWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution via The New York TimesResearchers shed light on the ocean’s mysterious Twilight Zone where miniature monsters mingle with lantern fishThe elongated bristlemouth to scale. PAUL CAIGERWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution via The New York TimesResearchers shed light on the ocean’s mysterious Twilight Zone where miniature monsters mingle with lantern fishThe photophores of a transparent hatchetfish. PAUL CAIGERWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution via The New York TimesResearchers shed light on the ocean’s mysterious Twilight Zone where miniature monsters mingle with lantern fishA transparent hatchetfish. PAUL CAIGERWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution via The New York TimesSkin-whitening products being banned for harmful effectshttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2019/01/09/skin-whitening-products-being-banned-for-harmful-effects.html
f5ea888c-6f29-45c3-86fa-27b2182bc8bfSandra E. Garcia - The New York TimesWed, 16 Jan 2019 23:34:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/uploads/2019/01/17/dreamstime-xxl-397268-0.jpg"/><br/>The skin-bleaching industry is fuelled not only by African countries, but also by nations including India, China, South Korea and many countries in the Caribbean.Skin-whitening products being banned for harmful effectsThe skin-bleaching industry is fuelled not only by African countries, but also by nations including India, China, South Korea and many countries in the Caribbean.DreamstimeMigration, fear and other lessons without bordershttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2019/01/05/migration-fear-and-other-lessons-without-borders.html
0184d17b-9508-4133-97e4-d1d90411d02dMitch Potter - Staff ReporterSat, 5 Jan 2019 11:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2019/01/05/migration-fear-and-other-lessons-without-borders/_1_liu_in_west_africa.jpg"/><br/>Dr. Joanne Liu, a Canadian, is in the last year of her term as head of Médecins Sans Frontières. She knows intimately what is troubling the world — and has some suggestions for helping itMigration, fear and other lessons without bordersJoanne Liu, head of Médecins Sans Frontières, in West Africa during the 2014 Ebola outbreak.MSF photoMigration, fear and other lessons without bordersAn employee of the Médecins Sans Frontières’ hospital examines the damage after a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in 2015. Forty-two people were killed.Najim RahimThe associated Press file photoVenezuela’s 15-cent phone bills come complete with no servicehttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/12/17/venezuelas-15-cent-phone-bills-come-complete-with-no-service.html
d6f53fb1-7196-40b7-b057-6b581fb01425Alex Vasquez - BloombergFri, 4 Jan 2019 14:54:41 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/12/17/venezuelas-15-cent-phone-bills-come-complete-with-no-service/transmission_antenna.jpg"/><br/>Venezuela’s 15-cent phone bills come complete with no serviceA transmission antenna in Caracas, Venezuela. Carlos BecerraBloombergHe was the first man to build the internet but it didn’t make him wealthyhttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2019/01/01/he-was-the-first-man-to-build-the-internet-but-it-didnt-make-him-wealthy.html
a3939a67-cc75-4947-bdb2-94c0f18c543bKatie Hafner - The New York TimesThu, 3 Jan 2019 16:21:23 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2019/01/01/he-was-the-first-man-to-build-the-internet-but-it-didnt-make-him-wealthy/typing.jpg"/><br/>As a manager at the Pentagon’s Advanced Research Projects Agency, or ARPA, Lawrence G. Roberts designed much of the Arpanet — the internet’s precursor — and oversaw its implementation in 1969.He was the first man to build the internet but it didn’t make him wealthyLawrence G. Roberts called upon a circle of colleagues who shared his interest in computer networking for help in creating the technical underpinnings of the Arpanet, integrating and refining many ideas for how data should flow.JONATHAN HAYWARDTHE CANADIAN PRESS file photoThe new autocrats: Leaders are turning democracy into a tool of oppressionhttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/12/30/the-new-autocrats-leaders-are-turning-democracy-into-a-tool-of-oppression.html
62b41042-8fcd-4ac6-b15b-85347ea1afafGriff Witte - The Washington PostMon, 31 Dec 2018 15:39:33 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/12/30/the-new-autocrats-leaders-are-turning-democracy-into-a-tool-of-oppression/autocrats_2_2_.jpg"/><br/>Autocracy is making a comeback, seeping into parts of the world where it once appeared to have been vanquished. But it is a sleeker, subtler and, ultimately, more sophisticated version than its authoritarian forebears, twisting democratic structures and principles into tools of oppression and state control. The new autocrats: Leaders are turning democracy into a tool of oppressionA boy looks at a photography exhibit on Sept. 13, 2013. The exhibit, in Bucharest, Romania, commemorates the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968. Michael Robinson ChavezThe Washington PostLCBO thefts surge in Toronto, often as staff stand and watch. ‘They’re literally just walking away’https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/12/28/lcbo-thefts-surge-in-toronto-often-as-staff-stand-and-watch-theyre-literally-just-walking-away.html
26981dfe-24ea-4572-aab5-d2a552a145ebMitch Potter - Staff Reporter,Patty Winsa - Data ReporterFri, 28 Dec 2018 21:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/12/28/lcbo-thefts-surge-in-toronto-often-as-staff-stand-and-watch-theyre-literally-just-walking-away/lcbo_beaches.jpg"/><br/>More than 9,000 thefts have taken place at LCBO outlets in Toronto in the past five years, according to an analysis of Toronto police data. That makes the Liquor Control Board of Ontario far and away the most targeted retail entity in the city.LCBO thefts surge in Toronto, often as staff stand and watch. ‘They’re literally just walking away’The LCBO has confirmed “an increase in shop theft, with the majority taking place in urban areas.”Keith BeatyToronto StarA striking swamp salamanderhttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/12/20/a-striking-swamp-salamander.html
3dbae71b-2c92-4680-a3fb-5ade5fa596e4Asher Elbein - the new york timesThu, 20 Dec 2018 10:43:45 ESTSanta baby’s billion-dollar Christmas: Let’s add up the costhttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/12/14/santa-babys-billion-dollar-christmas-lets-add-up-the-cost.html
b3229829-91d4-414f-8c5d-48c455016c5bPhilip Bump - The Washington PostWed, 19 Dec 2018 11:56:30 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/12/14/santa-babys-billion-dollar-christmas-lets-add-up-the-cost/kitt_main.jpg"/><br/>So let’s figure out just how much fulfilling her Christmas wish list would costSanta baby’s billion-dollar Christmas: Let’s add up the costIn 1953, Eartha Kitt recorded “Santa Baby,” a song that is a testament to the more capitalist tendencies the season can evoke.GAB ArchiveGAB Archive/RedfernsI loved being class president at St. Mike’s. Here’s what it is getting wronghttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/11/30/i-loved-being-class-president-at-st-mikes-heres-what-it-is-getting-wrong.html
b2d9eac1-a15f-405e-863a-368dbd30935bLiam Mather - Special to the StarFri, 30 Nov 2018 14:12:10 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/11/30/i-loved-being-class-president-at-st-mikes-heres-what-it-is-getting-wrong/_1_liam_in_beijing.jpg"/><br/>Liam Mather, a recent graduate of St. Michael’s, takes the school to task over the culture that spawned the assault video — and points the way forwardI loved being class president at St. Mike’s. Here’s what it is getting wrongLiam Mather seen in Beijing this year. He is wearing a St. Mike's sweater.Courtesy Liam MatherA final proving ground for guide dogs to the blind: midtown Manhattanhttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/11/06/a-final-proving-ground-for-guide-dogs-to-the-blind-midtown-manhattan.html
92c6628a-bcee-46e1-9072-aa8a31e4d75fCorey Kilgannon - the new york timesFri, 30 Nov 2018 09:58:57 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/11/06/a-final-proving-ground-for-guide-dogs-to-the-blind-midtown-manhattan/subway_dog.jpg"/><br/>A final proving ground for guide dogs to the blind: midtown ManhattanKathy Faul, 73, from Swarthmore, Pa., exits a subway train in Manhattan with her new seeing eye dog, Innes.DAVE SANDERSNYTA cryptocurrency millionaire wants to build a crypto-Utopia in Nevadahttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/11/24/a-cryptocurrency-millionaire-wants-to-build-a-crypto-utopia-in-nevada.html
075d28b0-4f9b-446e-90f8-fe11f8551726Nathaniel Popper - the new york timesSat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/11/24/a-cryptocurrency-millionaire-wants-to-build-a-crypto-utopia-in-nevada/blockchain_community_2.jpg"/><br/>He imagines a sort of experimental community where houses, schools, commercial districts and production studios will be built.A cryptocurrency millionaire wants to build a crypto-Utopia in NevadaJeffrey Berns surveys the desert site where he envisions building a community based on blockchain technology, east of Reno in Storey County, Nev. Berns, who made a fortune in cryptocurrency investments, has spent some $300 million on the project.JASON HENRYNew York TimesMexican prisons full of suspects waiting years for verdicthttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/11/13/mexican-prisons-full-of-suspects-waiting-years-for-verdict.html
61df1609-ef46-4203-a4c4-9e7004c30180Paulina Villegas - the New York TimesThu, 22 Nov 2018 17:29:43 ESTPrison time can drag on for years before you get sentenced in MexicoKim Jong Un just unveiled a new portrait of himself. Here’s what it tells us about himhttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/11/08/kim-jong-un-just-unveiled-a-new-portrait-of-himself-heres-what-it-tells-us-about-him.html
a68aca1b-cc8d-48a6-a5ba-d5868973ded2Amanda Erickson - The Washington PostFri, 9 Nov 2018 14:54:03 EST<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/11/08/kim-jong-un-just-unveiled-a-new-portrait-of-himself-heres-what-it-tells-us-about-him/kim_portrait.jpg"/><br/>North Korean leader came to power in 2011 but he did not have an official portrait until this week.Kim Jong Un just unveiled a new portrait of himself. Here’s what it tells us about himNorth Korea used the DPRK-Cuba summit to display this first official portrait of Kim Jong Un, alongside that of President Miguel Díaz-Canel. NK NewsDays before the end of the First World War, Canadians celebrated in the streets. But it was thanks to fake newshttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/11/03/days-before-the-end-of-the-first-world-war-canadians-celebrated-in-the-streets-but-it-was-thanks-to-fake-news.html
5be07671-0123-4dbe-87be-b60b2fe666ecKatie Daubs - Feature WriterSat, 3 Nov 2018 20:00:00 EDT<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/11/03/days-before-the-end-of-the-first-world-war-canadians-celebrated-in-the-streets-but-it-was-thanks-to-fake-news/king_and_yonge.jpg"/><br/>The Armistice was signed Nov. 11, 1918. But four days earlier, a wire service journalist sent a bulletin from France that somehow got past censors — and haunted him for the rest of his life. Days before the end of the First World War, Canadians celebrated in the streets. But it was thanks to fake newsAllen Edward Cuthbertson, a Toronto businessman and amateur photographer, grabbed his camera and went downtown to capture the city when the news of the armistice reached Toronto on Nov. 7, 1918. The report, based on the United Press wire service, was incorrect, but cities around the world reacted with great joy before learning the deflating news that peace had not yet been reached.Ontario archivesInfuriated by Trump, female Democrats fuel a push to win back Congress in midtermshttps://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/11/02/infuriated-by-trump-female-democrats-fuel-a-push-to-win-back-congress-in-midterms.html
d4be210f-f1c8-47a9-995f-eb211c149990Daniel Dale - Washington Bureau ChiefFri, 2 Nov 2018 20:00:00 EDT<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2018/11/02/infuriated-by-trump-female-democrats-fuel-a-push-to-win-back-congress-in-midterms/_1a_woman_s_place.jpg"/><br/>An army of energized women may hold the key to reining in the president. For some, it’s not an awakening so much as ‘enough is enough.’Infuriated by Trump, female Democrats fuel a push to win back Congress in midtermsAccording to the Center for Responsive Politics, women have donated more than $308 million to Democratic congressional candidates this year — more than three times what women donated to Democratic congressional candidates in the 2014 midterms.KAMIL KRZACZYNSKIAFP/GETTY IMAGES